Thursday, June 30, 2011

From July 6 through August 14, the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) will perform five of Shakespeare’s plays in repertory at Park Avenue Armory as part of Lincoln Center Festival. The RSC’s theater technicians are building a full-scale replica of the newly transformed Royal Shakespeare Theatre thrust stage auditorium in Stratford-upon-Avon.

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

In the mid and late 1930’s WNYC began to benefit from the various work relief projects in the field of dramatic arts. The Federal Theatre Project made possible the first continuous series of radio dramas, and this is an excerpt from an adaptation of Theodore Pratt’s stage play "The Big Blow: A Drama of the Hurricane Country."

Monday, March 28, 2011

Tom Stoppard, one of the most celebrated dramatists of his time, cut his dramatic teeth on radio dramas at the BBC. The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space at WNYC and WQXR in collaboration with the Yorinks Theater Group presented his radio dramas as part of “T” Is for Tom, a cycle of rare early works by England’s most intellectually nimble playwright.

Monday, March 28, 2011

On December 11th 2010, Eugene Lang College, in collaboration with The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space at WNYC and WQXR, presented a symposium on the future of audio drama in our transformative times.

Monday, March 28, 2011

The Greene Space and Yorinks Theater Group presented a two-day festival celebrating the life and work of a master American storyteller: Garson Kanin.

The festival featured the world premiere of the audio theater adaptation of Garson Kanin's classic Broadway play, The Rat Race. The Yorinks Theater Group has taken this timeless New York City landscape and - for the first time ever - adapted it into a work not only for radio, but for radio's live audience in our multi-platform venue in the heart of Manhattan.

In addition, a lively discussion took place at The Greene Space diving into the work of Kanin as seen through the theater and film of the 20th century – participants were Charlotte Booker, John Rubinstein, Jay Binder, Philip Morgaman, and Howard Kissel.

Monday, March 28, 2011

Monday, March 28, 2011

A series created under the auspices of the Office of War Information (OWI), and produced by Golden Age radio great Norman Corwin, it included contributions from distinguished American writers, and narration by Hollywood actors involved with the armed forces involved with the armed forces combined with montages that include sound effects, brief vignettes, readings, and songs. Listen to our examples below.

Monday, March 28, 2011

Monday, June 21, 2010

Utilizing the talents of seasoned theater teaching artists, this residency focused on the history of radio drama, and how it informed the culture of the 20th century. Using examples of previous audio pieces (including the work of Tom Stoppard) students were encouraged to collaborate and produce their own examples of audio theater, taking into account their experiences in this new century.

Monday, June 21, 2010

The Greene Space and Yorinks Theater Group in collaboration with L.A. Theatreworks and Theatre Communications Group (TCG) presented Molière à la Richard Wilbur, with readings by Richard Easton, Emily Bergl, and Hamish Linklater, as well as Richard Wilbur himself.

Monday, June 21, 2010

Affinity Collaborative Theater launched a partnership with The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space with their moving and popular production. Written in 1942 when the world was at war, Auden’s Oratorio is a parable that merges the Biblical and the contemporary with a result that is simultaneously audacious and poetic.